For many years, Hank Williams Jr. provided an adaptation of “All My Rowdy Friends” as the intro song for “Monday Night Football.”

It was nothing spectacular, but it did the job. Kind of parallels his career.

Hank’s theme was dropped last year after he made some controversial comments about the president. But that’s not the point here.

This year, “Sunday Night Football” is taking a similar approach. Faith Hill sings a reworked version of the Joan Jett song, “I Hate Myself for Loving You,” turning it into “Waiting All Day for Sunday Night.”

The performance is fine. The lyrics are another story. For one, it changes the concept from self-loathing to party-time.

The other annoyances, I shall explain shortly.

It begins well enough.

“All right Sunday Night where are you?

“Just kicking back from the things that you do

“You want the Big Game, we want it too!”

That part is OK. Some of the other lines drive me a little bonkers:

“Players are ready, kick that ball off the tee...”

Really? I’m quite well-versed in how a football game begins, thank you very much.

Nitpicking? Maybe. I don’t mind a little music to get fans pumped for a game. I’d prefer people don’t sing me the rules of football.

I’m not against descriptive theme songs. Two of the most memorable TV show themes, for “Gilligan’s Island” and “The Brady Bunch,” took us through the setup step by step, via lyrics.

Even if someone encountered each show a year or two into its run, it was easy to pick up the plot immediately.

You know, one day a lady with three daughters met this fellow with three sons, they all got on a boat, a storm hit, and they got stranded on an island with two sailors, a rich couple, a movie star, a maid named Alice and The Rest.

Even today, I remember every detail. Those are some worthwhile lyrics.

Dennis Volkert is features editor at the Sturgis Journal. Contact him at volkert@sturgisjournal.com.